Matching Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseOnline version Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? by Lauren Winn 1 When are commas used? 2 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? 3 Bad ellipses 4 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. 5 What can a colon do? 6 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 7 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 8 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 9 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 10 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 11 When should you use commas? 12 What does a dash( --) do? add extra information , Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases ( ) - and ; Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. interprets a thought in a more dramatic way using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation FANBOYS "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 : introduces a direct quotation
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